I managed to get the sound started again by following a reinstall procedure I found online. Since then it has stopped a time or two after an update, but in these cases it just involved changing a setting back to what it was.
Thanks for following up. Gordon On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 05:47 +0000, Jeremy Foshee wrote: > Hi gordonsmall, > > This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in > it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try > with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are > available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . > > If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a > Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically > gather and attach updated debug information to this report. > > apport-collect -p linux 396753 > > Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would > be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the > issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once > you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream- > testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon > next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and > deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your > results. > > Thanks in advance. > > [This is an automated message. Apologies if it has reached you > inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.] > > > ** Tags added: kernel-sound > > ** Tags added: needs-kernel-logs > > ** Tags added: needs-upstream-testing > > ** Tags added: kj-triage > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > sound suddenly stopped ubuntu 9.04 amd 64 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396753 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > I am running Ubuntu 9.04 on an AMD 64 computer. The sound was working > perfectly until one day all sound stopped (even the login sound). I have two > daughters that also run Ubuntu, and they have had similar issues. In one > case, the sound suddenly came back on - the other daughter is still working > on it. > > This is a dual boot machine with Windows - the sound still works fine in > Windows. > > I have posted messages to the forums and launchpad and followed up on the > suggestions, but nothing has worked. I have a grandson who manages Linux > servers for a University, and he has been stumped. > > I have to believe this may happened as a result of an update (the problem > started about 6 weeks ago). I just visited this Launchpad site as a last > resort, and tried these commands: > > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get upgrade > sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-$(uname -r) > > Everything seemed fine, with the exception of this message at the end of the > last command: E: Couldn't find package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.28-13-generic. > > I checked the package manager, but did not find a module listed that matched > this description. I am not enough of a Ubuntu/Linux guru to know where to go > from here. > > I did reboot the machine after trying the above routine - still no sound. > > I have checked and rechecked all the sound settings, but everything looks > fine. I am also running Ubuntu 9.04 on a laptop, and everything is fine there. > > I switched over to Ubuntu from Windows about a year ago, and have really > enjoyed the experience - however, this has removed some of the "shine". > > Since this seems to be happening to other Ubuntu installations, and the sound > suddenly stopping, it makes me think an update did not agree with the system. > > > Appreciate any help. > > Gordon Small > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: amd64 > AudioDevicesInUse: > USER PID ACCESS COMMAND > /dev/snd/controlC0: gordonsmall 3205 F.... mixer_applet2 > Card0.Amixer.info: > Card hw:0 'Audigy2'/'Audigy 4 [SB0610] (rev.0, serial:0x10211102) at 0xa400, > irq 18' > Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9750,51' > Components : 'AC97a:83847650' > Controls : 201 > Simple ctrls : 36 > CurrentDmesg: [ 32.036014] eth0: no IPv6 routers present > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 > Package: alsa-base 1.0.18.dfsg-1ubuntu8 > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcEnviron: > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: alsa-driver > Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic x86_64 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/396753/+subscribe -- sound suddenly stopped ubuntu 9.04 amd 64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396753 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
